Monomyth

This has some of the vibes of Dark Messiah/Sir Kicksalot: Run up to dudes, give 'em a big ol' kick, launch them like 10 meters. Maybe kick them into spikes off cliffs so you can have your own "THIS IS SPARTA!" moment. Except rats. Rats are grounded to the ground like a Corolla. Your dude has the stamina of a teenaged boy's first go in bed. If you spend points improving that, you've hamstrung yourself on using the best weapons available, as you really need to spend quite narrowly to make use of the best kit around. Look, I like, for weird reasons, the whole Dark Messiah/Sir Kicksalot genre. It's kind of like an Elder Scrolls game stripped of all the meandering and most of the quest cruft, leaving you to roam around maps and dispatch foes as whims dictate. But no matter which way you choose, your kick is enormously overpowered, is your means of one-shotting fools, involving environmental hazards. That said, some playstyles aren't viable. Stealth works, but the majority of your XP comes from killin' and there's not much backstab damage to speak of in this game, so it's more like stealth karate where I wound up kicking guys over, getting in a few quick stabs, catching …

This is still fairly EA, but the stuff that's there is quite fun. You essentially have one fully realized map with a lot of great content, but it drops off substantially after that. I don't think that's bad necessarily, and that first map was about 10 hours of solid gameplay, but it's worth considering. The dungeon crawling itself is quite rewarding. It takes a relatively condensed map and packs it full of stuff to discover and problems to solve. The 'immersive sim' tag feels well earned on this one, and I often found myself thinking laterally to overcome challenges. Recommended for fans of Grimrock, King's Field, and Deus Ex.

crazy level system. I like it. Great dungeon crawler. I almost wish the game with the mechanics would have an open world.

For a work in progress, this game is great. It still needs a good deal of work, as it's largely empty in many places. Movement is very much at the speed of the original Elder Scrolls, Morrowind, So slooooow. Monsters get caught on the world's geometry, as does your own character. Animations severely limit what each weapon can do, even though each weapon (slashing/blunt/piercing) does do less damage based on your skills. Piercing stabs, Slashing only swings side to side (no overhead attacks), and blunt is an up/down bashing attack. Don't expect to swing your club like a baseball bat, as only swords and axes can do that. BUT this will be a top-notch indie game and worthy of belonging in your collection. Buy it.

If blade and sorcery was a keyboard and mouse game

play it if you enjoyed either arx fatalis or hexen 2